Reddish Vale High School
Reddish Vale Road, Reddish, Stockport, SK5 7HD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ACHIEVE AND LEARN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Moroney
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- South Manchester Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,350
- Pupils on roll
- 999
- URN
- 145133
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614773544
About this school
Reddish Vale High School is a secondary academy in Stockport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 999 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 191 | 202 | 176 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.6 | 42.3 | 37.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.50 -0.71 to -0.30 | -0.29 -0.49 to -0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 34.2% | 25.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 55.4% | 40.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 19% | 42.1% | 26.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Reddish Vale High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockport average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.6 | 30.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.3 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.7 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,035 |
| 2023/24 | 1,039 |
| 2024/25 | 1,027 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Reddish Vale High School compares
Reddish Vale High School ranked 12th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.7 | 12.1% | 45.5% | 999 | — |
| Cedar Mount Academy | 37.2 | 9.4% | 61.5% | 724 | 1.3 miles |
| St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy | 41.2 | 10.8% | 45.1% | 666 | 1.3 miles |
| Levenshulme High School | 52.5 | 5.9% | 52.4% | 1,057 | 1.7 miles |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 797 | 1.8 miles |
| Denton Community Academy | — | 15.8% | 42% | 1,107 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.47%
- English as an additional language
- 7.3%
- Overall absence
- 12.07%
- Persistent absence
- 31.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cedar Mount Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Gorton
-
St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Levenshulme High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
St Thomas More RC College1.8 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Denton Community Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Stockport
Reddish Vale High School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Stockport.
- Bramhall High School Secondary
- Harrytown Catholic High School Secondary
- Hazel Grove High School Secondary
- Marple Hall School Secondary
- Poynton High School Secondary
- Priestnall School Secondary
- St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Stockport Academy Secondary
- Stockport School Secondary
- Werneth School Secondary
- Freshfield Nursery School Nursery
- Hollywood Park Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Reddish Vale High School teach?
- Reddish Vale High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Reddish Vale High School?
- The headteacher of Reddish Vale High School is Mr Darren Moroney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Reddish Vale High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Reddish Vale High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Reddish Vale High School?
- Reddish Vale High School has 999 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Reddish Vale High School full?
- Reddish Vale High School has capacity for 1,350 pupils and 999 on roll (74%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Reddish Vale High School a faith school?
- No. Reddish Vale High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Reddish Vale High School a selective school?
- No. Reddish Vale High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Reddish Vale High School?
- Reddish Vale High School is part of ACHIEVE AND LEARN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Reddish Vale High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.6 in 2022/23 and 37.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Reddish Vale High School rank locally?
- Reddish Vale High School ranked 12th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Reddish Vale High School's absence rate?
- Reddish Vale High School's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Reddish Vale High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Reddish Vale High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.